Wikileaks began to accept payments via Visa and MasterCard
Project Wikileaks on Wednesday night announced the resumption of receiving donations through Valitor (payment processor in Iceland) on plastic cards from Internet users. Recall that in April of this year the Supreme Court of Iceland supported the lower court's decision, according to which the payment systems Visa and Mastercard cut off illegal payments in favor of Wikileaks through the processor Valitor. Valitor the company formerly known as Visa Iceland and in fact was the local representative of Visa.
An official statement says Wikileaks, the Visa did not comment on the resumption of payment, while MasterCard said they would not block payments to Wikileaks through the system to the Internet Valitor provider DataCell (this provider is the official recipient of donations and gives the money directly to an organization Wikileaks). At Wikileaks say they welcome the resumption of payment today, but they say they have not decided a claim for damages against the illegal lockout.
According to estimates the organization since the start of blocking and until today they had not received transfers totaling 9 billion ISK or EUR 60 million. Earlier, Wikileaks revealed receiving donations through alternate French bank Credit Mutuel, where transfers were made in favor of the Foundation Fund for Defense of Net Neutrality. In addition, the website of the organization through a number of different ways to transfer money to support Wikileaks
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